Well-bucket.



No. 703,923. Patented July l, |902.. H.v w HOLMES. wELL sucker.

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Nrren STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE HOLMES, OF KINGSLAND, ARKANSAS.

WELLHBUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming para of Lectersratent No. 703,923, dated July 1, 1902. Application filed February 6, 1902.k Serial No. 92,829. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE W. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingsland, in the county of Cleveland and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Buckets; and I do declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to well-buckets, and more particularly to the well-buckets designed for use in bored or Artesianwells.

The object of the invention is to vprovide a bucket of this character which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparativel y inexpensive of production, and which' will obviate the employment of adjustable troughs, which are now generally used, into which water maybe emptied from the bucket, and which will permit of the emptying of the water direct into vessels in either small or large amounts. f

Vith this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of a bucket embodying my invention, it being partly shown in section. Fig. 2 isa large detail view of the bail. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a fragment of the cross-bar of the bail, the spring-clasp, and

vthe valve-rod; and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view through the parts shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a bucket, which consists cfa cylindrical shell having at its lower end a valve-seat 2, preferably of Wood, and having at its upper end a bail or handle 3. This bail or handle 3 is preferably constructed of a single piece of metal bent as shown inFig. 2 and formed 4with a cross-bar 4. The ends 5 of the bail are riveted or otherwise secured to the inner wall of the bucket at its upper end, and the cross-bar 4 is provided with a transverse notch or recess 6.

7 denotes the valve, adapted to it the seat 2 and provided with a valve-rod 8, which projects upwardly through the cross-bar 4 and is adapted to fit into the notch or recess 6. To prevent this rod from falling out of the notch or recess 6, I provide a clasp 9, which consists, preferably, of parallel spring-jaws 10 and 11, having alined apertures 12, through which the upper end of the rod 8 is passed before the eye or ring 13 is formed thereon. The jaws 10 and 11 are adapted to be slipped over the bar 4 and close the notch or recess 6, so as to hold-the rod 8 in vertical position, and therebyhold its valve true to the seat 2.

When it is desired to empty the bucket into a vessel, the upper end of the rod 8 is grasped and raised upwardly,thus unseating the valve at the lower end of the rod and allowing the water to freely pass from the bucket into the vessel placed beneath it. It may be Well to state here that by shifting the clasp 9 slightly to one side or in a direction the length of the bar that the rod 8 will be cramped or frictionally held against the walls of the aperture 12 and one of the walls of the notch or recess 6, and thus the rod is retained in its raised position, rendering it unnecessary for the attendant to give further attention to the unfllling of the bucket.

When it is desired to clean the bucket, the clasp may be slipped off the bar 4, the valve removed, thus leaving the bucket freely accessible for cleansing, and when the valve is removed the clasp will be retained on the valve-rod, and thus be prevented from becoming lost or mislaid.

From theforegoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring lan extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'isi V 1. The combination of a bucket having a valve-seat in its lower end, a valve for said seat provided with a rod, a cross-bar secured to said bucket at its upper end and provided With a notch into which the valve-rod pro IOG jects, and a clasp for closing said notch and maintaining the Valve-rod in a vertical position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a bucket having a Valve-seat in its lower end, a valve for said seat provided with a rod, a cross-bar secured to said bucket at its upper end and provided with a notch into which the valve-rod projects, and a clasp for closing said notchor recess for holding the valve-rod in Vertical p0- sition and having a slidingz,rv engagement upon said bar for frictionally locking said rod in' an elevated position,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a bucket having' a valve-seat in its lower end, a valve for said HORACE W. HOLMES.

Witnesses:

l H. E. GARNER, R. B. RANKIN. 

